Eggs A La Reine
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Eggs A La Reine

A classic French-inspired egg dish with tender chicken and mushrooms in a creamy sauce, baked to perfection.

Total Time
35 mins
Serves
6
Difficulty
Intermediate
Rating
4.5/5

Ingredients

  • 1
    Fresh Eggs
    6 Large Eggs
  • 2
    Cooked Chicken
    1/2 pint chopped cold cooked chicken
  • 3
    Mushrooms
    1/2 can of mushrooms
  • 4
    Butter
    2 tablespoonfuls of butter
  • 5
    Flour
    2 tablespoonfuls of flour
  • 6
    Milk
    1/2 pint of milk
  • 7
    Salt
    1/2 teaspoonful of salt
  • 8
    Pepper
    1 saltspoonful of pepper

Instructions

  1. 1

    Use ordinary shirring dishes for the eggs; butter them, break into each one egg, stand these in a pan of boiling water and in the oven until they are "set."

  2. 2

    Rub the butter and flour together, add the milk, stir until boiling, add the salt, pepper, chopped chicken and mushrooms.

  3. 3

    Put one tablespoonful of this mixture on top of each egg and send at once to the table.

  4. 4

    Alternative: Put a tablespoonful of the mixture in the bottom of the dish, break the egg into it, and then at serving time put another tablespoonful over the top.

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